Motivation: Discovery of water which was accomplished by the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft with ISRO’s Moon Impact Probe (MIP) and NASA’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3).

Google has released a new application, Verne: The Himalayas, specially designed for children to let them explore the Himalayas using maps, 3D imagery and gameplay

In September, India will launch ScatSat-1 satellite that will have weather forecasting abilities.

In India, every year 5 lakh road accidents are reported in the country in which 1.5 lakh people lose their lives. Government of India has committed to reduce the accidents and fatalities by 50% in five years(2020).

Vahan & Sarathi platforms: The bill proposes to create common uniform National Register for Vehicle registration and National Register for Driving Licence.

Increases e-governance:

Online learning licenses

Increases period of driving licenses validity,

Do away with the requirements of educational qualifications for transport licenses

For offences done by Juveniles, the owner or guardian will be deemed guilty.

Allows State Government to regulate the activities in a public place of pedestrians and such means of transport.

Permits states to grant exemptions in Stage carriage and contract carriage permits for promoting rural transport, last mile connectivity, public transport and for road safety and passenger convenience.